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The Prime Minister and the agriculture minister justified the institution of the much contested ‘Pedestrian Day’ during the monthly Meet the Press session. Lyonpo (Dr.) Pema Gyamtsho said government is aware that all sections of the Bhutanese society are inconvenienced. He said all this is of a short-term nature but …

Ever since the inception of plans to accelerate vegetable production and marketing by the agriculture ministry, the progress has been good, said officials of Agriculture and Marketing Cooperatives (DAMC) and the Horticulture Division. Proof of statement is the domestic production of 30,595 MT against the requirement of 54,445 MT. The …

Chiphen Rigpel, government’s largest ICT skill building Project in the country has trained over 2500 teachers and set-up computer labs in 168 schools over a period of three years. The remaining teachers will be trained in the remaining project period. All the 27 training centers are fully functional under the …

The bank plans to launch credit cards for it clients by next month, which will mark the evolution of card services in Bhutan Ordering a pair of shoes from your favorite international brand online, shopping without any cash or debit cards, paying your utilities without cash transactions and above all …

The agriculture ministry signed a one-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samden Group to initiate a joint research to propagate locally grown Sea-buck thorn (Hippophae spp. of Elaeagnaceae family). The MoAF Secretary said sea-buck thorn is a commercially viable operation. “This MoU will take us one-step closer to realize the …

The Rickety Debsi Bridge in Chang gewog in Thimphu is finally under renovation, and this time round funded from the gewog Budget. The budget allotted for the renewal of the bridge is above Nu 0.2mn. However, people have not forgotten the sour odyssey with the previous budget that was collected …

For a change, not necessarily in a good way, especially for Diesel-powered vehicle owners, the Indian PM Manmohan Singh told the ruling congress party to increase prices of heavily subsidized fuels such as diesel. The last increase in diesel prices for Bhutan was in February this year when it increased …

“I don’t see a country that’s totally reliant on single natural resource, I see a country that has taken very appropriate advantage of its natural resources in a sustainable way,” the new World Bank (WB) country director (CD) for Bhutan and Afghanistan, Robert J. Saum said in an exclusive interview …

This year, the price for Cordyceps has hit its highest and the collectors are highly hopeful to reap a lucrative earning from the select Fungus. A kilogram (kg) of cordyceps this year should fetch not less than Nu 400,000 and could fetch as much as Nu 1,400,000 depending on the …

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forests has made significant progress in its various sectors and programs. The PM’s state of the nation report shows that the overall cereal basket is currently 71% with the total estimated production of all cereals at 143,851 MT, therefore, the target of the 10FYP of …